Oxidatively induced reductive elimination. A novel titanium complex resulting from C–F bond activation

Abstract

Reaction between bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanacyclobutanes (1) and tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)cyclopentadienone (2) results in formal reductive elimination of cyclopropanes and activation of an sp³ C–F bond in (2) to afford the novel organometallic product (3)(structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography).